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Mission Statement
Lake Drive provides a full spectrum of educational options for children
with hearing loss from birth through high school graduation. The total
communication program is dedicated to the development of listening,
speech, language, literacy and communication so that students can function
competitively within the hearing community.
A team of trained paraprofessionals and other support service providers,
complements our highly qualified professional staff. All staff receives
comprehensive training in the latest developments in technology and
strategies for enhancing children's learning. Staff has up-to-date
knowledge and skills for working with children with cochlear implants who
are in total communication classrooms.
The school has a comprehensive academic program that is enhanced by allied
subjects including art, music, dance, instrumental music, drama, library,
physical education and extracurricular sports. All classrooms in the Lake
Drive Program have a high ratio of computers to students with access to
computer-assisted learning opportunities and the Internet. The Lake Drive
School building also provides cable TV access in each classroom. There is
a state of the art audiological diagnostic testing center which has the
capacity to program cochlear implants.
Preschool Program
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Services Offered to Children
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Educating children 3-5
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Occupational therapy
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Counseling
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Physical therapy
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Intensive auditory training and auditory learning - classroom and
individual
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Simultaneous voice and manual communication classrooms
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Intensive language and speech training 4-5 times per week/30
minute sessions
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Individual and small group instruction based upon the child's
Individual Educational Plan
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Diagnostic and consultative services in: clinical audiology, psychology,
psychiatry, and speech and language
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Summer program
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Mainstream Program
For those hearing impaired students who are linguistically, academically,
socially and emotionally able, a mainstream educational program supervised
and implemented by the Lake Drive Program is available.
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Mainstream education with comprehensive support services is
available throughout the Mountain Lakes school district for
academically able students.
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There is also a team of itinerant teachers of the deaf who provide
support and in-service education to students in their home school
districts.
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Organization Of Mainstream Program
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Lake Drive School plans and organizes IEP in conjunction with student's
home district case manager, parents, and staff at mainstream school.
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Students spend a portion of the day in mainstream with support
services of teacher of the deaf as needed.
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Orientation and In-service training for teachers of mainstream
classrooms.
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Team approach for monitoring student progress.
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Sensitivity and awareness sessions with hearing pupils.
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Services To Parents
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Preschool Children
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Evening family education meetings
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Home visits
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Individual parent counseling
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Home-school communication log
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Sign language class
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Reference Library: Books and videotapes
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Social worker-led group parent information meetings
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Staff
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Principal
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Supervisors of Instruction
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Fully certified teachers of the deaf
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Classroom teacher paraprofessionals
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School Psychologist
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Consulting Clinical Psychologists
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Occupational Therapists
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Physical Therapists
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Art Teacher
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Computer Specialists
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ASHA certified audiologists
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Music Teacher
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Audiological Technician
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Librarian
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Consulting specialists in other areas, as
needed
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MSW certified social worker - bilingual services available
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ASHA certified speech and language pathologists with specialization in
language, speech and auditory habilitation
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Physical Education Teacher
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